Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo said it is the responsibility of gatekeepers to do the necessary checks and flag risks.

The committee will be led by Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah, and involve “relevant sectoral regulators”: Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo

This is believed to be the first case of its kind.

Wong Choi San pleaded guilty to two charges under the Remote Gambling Act and one charge under the Organised Crime Act. She also admitted that she had collected illegal 4-D bets from punters including her brothers and friends.

Transition credits aim to help cover the losses faced by stakeholders if an operational coal plant is retired early.

Spacs are vehicles designed to acquire another company. They are an alternative to IPOs for companies to go public.

Banking, real estate among the most susceptible sectors; shell companies popular conduit for hiding ill-gotten gains.

US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is setting up its second Asia hub in Singapore. It is expanding in the region to handle the growing cases of international disputes and arbitration.

More couples are entering into such arrangements, sometimes at the insistence of their parents. Certain conditions must apply to ensure a prenup holds up in any future dispute.

While it is hard to anticipate how beneficiaries will react to their parents’ asset distributions, this case shows the importance of being transparent in disclosing and keeping records of all assets involved.

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It is the first lawsuit where a Singapore court needed to examine the validity and enforceability of a sanctions clause in a contract.

Such arrangements may not easily fit all types of businesses and it would not be realistic to expect it to be a nationwide practice.

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Existing laws may not cover every aspect, given changing nature of Internet, he says.

A trial is set to happen from March 2024 over the lawsuit filed by the shop owners against Oxley Sanctuary, which bought and redeveloped the land into the present KAP Mall.

Employers say such a move untenable without financial support from the government.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was speaking at the Singapore Management University in the first of seven conversations between the judiciary and the community.

Former Supreme Court senior judge Chao Hick Tin has been appointed alongside nine other individuals to the council for a three-year term with effect from Sept 15.

The misuse of legal arrangements can backfire if you do so for selfish gains.

Evidence backs need for policy, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam tells youth leaders.

The four insurers are AIA Singapore, Income Insurance, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore and Great Eastern Life Assurance Company.

District Judges from the Court Dispute Resolution Cluster of the State Courts will share on how the recent new developments in the law and procedure have impacted the practice of personal injury claims.

Relevant changes to Singapore Exchange Securities Trading rules and Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing rules are made to align with the new Futures Trading Rules.

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He slapped her so hard that she died; body was kept under stove and found 5 years later. The court described the man’s acts of slapping the defenceless toddler as callous, vicious and heinous.

Parliament taking action now is premature as outcome of case is not known: Leader of the House Indranee Rajah.

Among the changes to the Bill, government-paid paternity benefit will be doubled from the current 14 days to 28 days of an eligible father’s total income.

The accused, who is now 64, pleaded guilty to three charges of exploitative sexual penetration of a minor which was the first prosecution of the offence after it was introduced in 2019.

Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim was making an adjournment motion speech in Parliament on Monday for the Government to do more to help scam victims.

The British Court of Appeal judge said he took “full personal responsibility” for what he put in his judgment. He also added that ChatGPT should not be relied on for topics one knows nothing about.

Larger players have other options when dormitories are full, such as housing migrant workers within their own temporary quarters on construction sites.

Suspended lawyer Ravi Madasamy allegedly slapped the woman at about 12pm at Sri Mariamman Temple on Sept 15.

The case illustrates the futility of trying to get your money back when fraudsters don’t play by the rules and exploit loopholes in the law to hide their stash.

More than 96,880 images of identification documents were downloaded from Century Evergreen’s website over three days in December 2022.

Court dismisses story that his son bought it as a gift for him to realise shophouse dream.

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For example, “ex parte” will now be described as “without notice”, and “leave of court” will be known as “permission of court”.

Mr Robert Tantular is seeking US$15.2 million (S$20.7 million) in damages from the estate of his wife’s brother Tan Ho Yung.

The court found that it was undisputed that the option to purchase was validly terminated, and thus, the developer had the contractual power to keep any deposit paid by the purchasers.

As a collaborative process, mediation can be a catalyst for brand-new deals and opportunities, says author George Lim.

The liquidators have sued Mr Bernard Ong Hock Fong in the High Court to recover hundreds of millions worth of cryptocurrency.

Singapore adopts a whole-of-government approach to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. Within this, the role of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) is to ensure corporate transparency: Acra

President of the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore Tan Hee Joek had suffered a stroke earlier this year and died on Sept 8.

He says probe was triggered by suspicious transaction reports by financial institutions and had been ongoing for months.

The court may also not grant bail to those charged with a bailable offence if there is reason to believe they will not turn up for the scheduled hearing or investigations when told to do so and will not submit to custody.

The Health Sciences Authority's figures indicate a rise in the vaping trend, with almost four times the number of people caught in 2022 than in 2020 for using and possessing e-cigarettes. Vaping has been banned since 2018.

Boards would be better off leading sustainability efforts rather than waiting for compliance metrics to be legislated.

She was allegedly engaged in a fracas with a motorist in East Coast Road.

District Judges from the Court Dispute Resolution Cluster of the State Courts will share on how the recent new developments in the law and procedure have impacted the practice of personal injury claims.

The Pofma correction orders were issued over false statements regarding the rentals of 26 Ridout Road and 31 Ridout Road.

Data from the Singapore Courts shows the number of mortgage actions filed in court has more than halved in the past five years.

The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) had previously called on the Government to mandate prepayment protection in sectors like the fitness industry to better safeguard the hard-earned money of consumers.

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The lifetime prohibition orders permanently bar former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng from performing any regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Act or providing financial advice under the Financial Advisers Act.

Employers currently have no expressed obligation under any of Singapore’s laws to ensure their workplaces are free of harassment.

The lack of shareholder litigation against company directors on climate-related issues is not unique to Singapore.

It provides guidelines on how companies can identify and disclose various non-physical assets to lenders, board members and investors.

Rather than a “weak link”, family offices offer easier monitoring and enforcement of anti-money laundering rules, said a lawyer.

Ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Mr Lee Hsien Yang in the High Court for defamation, following Mr Lee’s comments on Facebook about the Ridout Road saga.

The ruse involved the submission of 111 false salary declarations linked to work permit and S Pass applications or renewals to the Ministry of Manpower.

Besides e-mail addresses, the leaked data also indicated if a user had linked their Facebook account to their Duolingo account.